Neighborhood Planning 1996-1997 With the community development corporation Nueva Esperanza, UPP has assisted in the designand physical planning of the predominately Puerto Rican neighborhood of South Holyoke. The process was started through a community design workshop involving both adults and youth. From that workshop emerged concerns over revitalizing Main Street, a once-thriving commercial district, along with neighborhood residential areas and parks. Students in a senior-level undergraduate studio developed design recommendations for the neighborhood based on the results of the workshop. Recommendations include a public market place, plazas, canal walks, streetscapes, and new housing that uses front stoops and balconies for improved street life.

Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003, USA

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